End stake for cars.



No. 774,589. PATENTED NQV. 8, 1904. G. A. LINDSTRUM.

END STAKE FOR CARS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY II 1904.

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No. 774,589. PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904. c. A. LINDSTRGM.

END STAKE FOR CAR-S.

I APPLICATION FILED JULY 11. 1904.

N0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

INVENTOIB UNITED STATES Patented November 8, 1904:.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. LIN DSTROM, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO PRESSED STEEL CAR COMPANY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A

CORPORATION OF NEI/V JERSEY.

END STAKE FOR CARS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 774,589, dated November 8, 1904.. Application filed July 11, 1904. Serial No. 215,975. (No model.)

To (all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLEs A. LINDsTRoM, of Allegheny; in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful End Stake for Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompan ying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of part of a car, showingacar-stake constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of a car, showing two of my stakes. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the stake on the line III III of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified construction of stake. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line VVof Fig. 4. Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively a side elevation and a horizontal section of a second modification.

Car-stakes as heretofore constructed have been defective in rigidity and in the firmness with which they are held at their base to the car structure. Such stakes constitute a very important part of all cars in which the sides and ends are self-sustaining and are not tied together by carlines or rods toprevent spreading; and it is the purpose of my invention to remedy the difliculties above mentioned and to provide a strong but light stake which can be held firmly at its base to the car structure and will have the largest cross-sectional area where the greatest stress in the material occurs. The stake has a laterallyextending portion along its outer edge, an outwardlyextending horizontal bolting flange at its lower end, and it preferably tapers or is made deepest at or near its base.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig.1 the stake 2 is substantially of U shape in horizontal section, with lateral flanges 8, and tapers from at or near its base toward thetop. At its lower end it has a flange 4:, through which rivets or bolts may be inserted for holding it to the car-frame, and this flange extends outwardly to or near to the outer edge of the stake.

In the modification shown in Figs. 4: and 5 the stake is of channel shape in cross-section,

the web 5 extending outwardly at right angles from the side or end of the car and the flanges 6 extending at right angles to the web. This stake also tapers toward the top and has at the bottom a bolting-flange 4, which extends out to its outer margin. In all the forms of my invention the bolts inserted through the bottom flange hold the stake with great rigidity. The outer margin of the flange is separated a considerable distance from the inner bolts, which therefore have a strong purchase upon the car-frame. Tne lateral extension of the outer margin of the stake also gives it great rigidity and strength.

The stake shown in Figs. 6 and 7 is of L shape in cross-section, tapering, and provided with a bolting-flange 4* at its lower end. If desired, the bolting-flange may be made separate from the stake and riveted thereto instead of being integral, as shown in the drawings.

I claim 1. A car-stake having at its lower end an outwardlyextending horizontal flange, and fastening devices extending through the flange and fixed to a support on the car; substantially as described. 1

2. A car-stake having an outwardly-extending horizontal flange at its lower end fixed to a support on thecarby fastening devices extending through the flange, said stake being deepest at or near its base; substantially as described.

3. A car-stake of U shape in horizontal section, having horizontal outwardly-extending flanges at its lower end and being deepest at or near its base; substantially as described.

4. A car-stake having a laterally-extending portion along its outer vertical edge, and having an outwardly-extending horizontal bolting-flange at its lower end fixed to a support on the car; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand July 5, 1904.

CHARLES A. LINDSTROM.

Witnesses:

GEO. B. BLEMING, H. M. CQRWIN. 

